Pixar's Soul Voice Cast Announced - D23 Expo

Tina Fey, Jamie Foxx, Daveed Diggs, and more are among the cast.

Pixar Animation finally revealed more about their secretive new film Soul at Saturday's D23 Expo, including the main voice cast.

The main character Joe Gardner will be played by Jamie Foxx, while Phylicia Rashad will play Joe's mother Libba. Joe's neighborhood nemesis Paul is voiced by Daveed Diggs, Questlove plays Curley, and 22 is played by Tina Fey. Disney also offered a first look at the film:

Pixar's Soul First Look

The panel also offered plot details about Soul — souls are all trained at the "You Seminar," and once ready, your soul graduates. But for Joe Gardner, his life hasn't quite gone as he expected. He's a high school band teacher with a passion for being a jazz musician in his own right. But just as he's about to achieve his dreams, he dies, and his soul ends up at the seminar.

Thus far, all that was truly known about the film was that it would be directed Pixar's CCO Pete Docter, that it had a release date of June 19, 2020, the film's logo, and the following vague plot synopsis:

“Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams and your interests come from? What is it that makes you ... YOU?” It describes “a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life’s most important questions."

Soul is set to be released in theaters on June 19, 2020. Pixar’s next new movie, Onward, is set to star Chris Pratt and Tom Holland as a couple of teenage elf brothers on a quest to find out if there is still magic left in the world. That film is set to be released on March 6, 2020. Release dates for three unannounced Pixar films have also been revealed: June 18, 2021, March 18, 2022 and June 17, 2022.